SNP sweep home in Kirkcaldy

Allan Crow

The SNP swept to victory in Kirkcaldy, crushing Labour almost two to one in the vote.

David Torrance retained the seat he won in 2011 with a massive majority.

He polled 16,358 to comfortably defeat Claire Baker who saw the Labour vote fall to just 8,963.

The Kirkcaldy constituency also saw the Tory vote reach an all-time high in a Scottish parliamentary election, with Martin Laidlaw polling 4568. He wanted to break 3000 - in the end he smashed it, mor or less doubling his party’s vote from 2011.